A Dance Of Gods ✓

27. Well that was fast

Taylor

With my shift over and the sun setting, I set out for a thrift store on the first floor of an apartment building. The walk is short, just seven doors down from the cafe- but when I turn in that direction I feel a strong breeze to my left. I stop in my tracks.

"Oh for fucks sake-" I say. "You are god's favorite kid. Don't you have something better to do than stalk me?"

There are a few footsteps behind me before he comes into my peripheral. "How did you know it was me?"

"I just-"

"God doesn't have a favorite kid." He shrugs. "He loves us all."

  "Really Michael? So he had Lucifer cast out because he loved him?" I fully turn towards him, not in the mood. I can only imagine my expression.

  "This may be a cliche but....everything happens for a reason, so yes."

  I blink several times, taken aback. When I look into his eyes I don't see Michael the archangel or even Lucifer's brother, I see a man. Deep down, I know an archangel would know more about faith and the way the world works- but I don't care. I want to cut his fucking head off over that statement.

"So... does he love the millions of women he allows to be raped every single day? The children here and all around the world he allows to go without food because he's too much of a fucking narcissist to help anybody if it doesn't benefit him or grow his cult? Oh- what about the eleven million people who died in the German Holocaust or the million and counting who have died and are still dying in the Chinese one right now? The thirteen million people who were sold like fucking property? Does he also have a soft spot for those who were murdered in the crusades his followers perpetrated? WAS THAT ALL FOR A FUCKING REASON?!" A burning sensation spreads throughout my entire body. I ignore it.

"Taylor-"

"No, shut the fuck up for a second. I know you're gonna tell me he gave us free will and all of that was the result of human actions but he could've intervened. He could've fucking intervened in all of it. If he is truly all powerful, every single bad thing that's ever happened is his fault. Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I just...." Michael sighs. "You caught yourself about to have a breakdown and just.... Ignored the emotions. I have never seen a Nephillim descendant do it that well or quickly and I am literally the third oldest being in existence. Taylor.... I have often struggled with why he did and does nothing while those things are happening. I know he is a narcissist. I know.... he doesn't deserve to be referred to as my lord because he is simply not a good man. I wish I could do something about it but I can't. Nobody can- at least we don't think. And... the only reason he doesn't use his all powerfulness as often as you think he should is because it would have consequences ten times worse."

"Oh that's bullshit-"

"Is it?" Michael interrupts. "Picture it this way: a child is about to jump off a cliff overlooking the largest city in the world, maybe with a hundred million people watching-"

"Seriously-"

"Just bear with me. The child falls, then halfway to the ground you see an Angel fly by and pick him up, carrying him to safety. Maybe, by god's will- he starts levitating instead or floats to safety. There are a hundred million witnesses. Odds are, most of them are some type of religious and the ones who weren't are now. They spread what they saw by word of mouth. Somebody posts a video of what happened on the internet and that video gets shared. Skeptics try to debunk it but dozens of angles come out, confirming the authenticity of the previous video. It gets so bad scientists and journalists start interviewing witnesses. What they find is that all of them have a consistent story no matter their age, background, or religious history. The government is put in a tight spot because they can't just casually kill a hundred million people, so they let the scientist put out a statement confirming the video's authenticity. All hell breaks loose- figuratively. Religious arguments reach an all time high and intensity. People start killing each other during them."